Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
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Giants of British wildlife
Would you believe we have wild mammals in Britain much bigger than elephants? PETER FROST explains
The body of the Sperm Whale washed up at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea in Northumberland in October 2019
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
Tens of thousands of students left their classrooms and took to the streets against conscription and rising military spending. NICK WRIGHT reports from Berlin
A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
CHECK the internet for Britain’s heaviest mammal and the answer will be the red deer. A fully grown healthy stag might weigh in at a quarter of a ton (250kg). Compare that with an African elephant that can weigh up to six tons.
Now marvel at the young – far from fully grown – sperm whale that washed up last week on a beach in north Norfolk. Best estimates reckon that it weighed in at 10 times as much as a bull elephant.
At nearly 60 tons that makes this British wild species one of the heaviest animals in the world. Only the blue whale – reaching up to 200 tons – and a couple of other whale species are heavier.
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